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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN, NEWCASTLE, RATHCOOLE, SAGGART AND BRITTAS AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

MOTION NO.13

MOTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin

That this Area Committee agrees that as three street trees have been blown down on Willow Avenue in Clondalkin during Storms Darragh and Eowyn, and that the roots of streets trees on the road appear to the naked eye to have exposed roots, that an arborist is sent to reexamine the remaining street trees there to establish how they might weather the next storm.

REPORT:

The 20 trees on Willow Avenue have been inspected recently by an independent arborist.   The recommendations of the inspection are set out in the table below and categorised according to priority. 

Prune	Remove tree & stump	Remove stump	No Maintenance	Priority
12				Medium
3				Low
	2			Medium
		1		Low
			2	None

A medium priority requires attention within the next 12 months and a low priority requires attention within the next 24 months.  The two trees to be removed are outside 18 and 48 Willow Avenue.  As per the maintenance recommendations, Willow Avenue has been added to the Council’s 2026 Tree Maintenance Programme.